00:03never seen anything like that
00:05what he can do on a basketball court
00:0738 points
00:0816 boards
00:095 block shots
00:11and yeah
00:12catch the open transition
00:14it's 7-4 with a
00:15feels like an unlimited wingspan
00:17Pistons lost last night in San Antonio
00:20that's marked champion on the call
00:22deadline day for the NHL
00:243 o'clock today
00:26have our teams ruined trade deadlines for you?
00:30because these are supposed to be days
00:31that you're excited
00:33like
00:33the world is your oyster
00:35endless possibilities
00:36all the insiders are talking
00:38you're searching social media
00:39and scrolling and updating
00:40these are supposed to be exciting days
00:44yet I feel like in our city
00:45they've become days we dread
00:47like I'm dreading
00:48well the prices were too high
00:51I'm dreading we just couldn't make a deal
00:54and it's not one team
00:55it's basically all of the teams John
00:58the deadlines that we got our hopes up
01:00only to be let down
01:01do we even get excited for the trade deadline anymore?
01:03well I think everybody gets excited
01:05and that's why it's been ruined
01:07because you kind of get let
01:10well not kind of
01:11you get let down
01:12because for so long
01:14all of our teams were in the basement
01:16every single one of them
01:18and now that they're on the rise
01:21all four of our major sports teams
01:23are on the rise
01:25and you think about this year
01:27last year with the Pistons
01:31I don't necessarily know
01:33that you were let down
01:35because you didn't necessarily expect much
01:38you were let down so much more this year
01:41because you had a first place team
01:42and you had trade pieces
01:46Tobias Harris
01:46Jade Nivy
01:47they moved Jade Nivy
01:48they bring in Kevin Herter
01:49and Kevin Herter is a DNP
01:52most nights
01:53yeah they didn't do anything to improve
01:56in fact you could make the argument
01:57that they maybe got a little bit worse
02:00same thing with the Tigers
02:01the Tigers Finnegan and Friends
02:03Finnegan was good
02:04but the Friends not so much
02:05the ERA for the team got worse
02:07after the deadline
02:08and they didn't add a bat
02:10correct
02:10and we watched painfully
02:14that team limp to the finish line
02:17and then all of the things
02:19that we had talked about
02:20that we're going to
02:21bite them in the backside
02:22like we're doing with the Pistons now
02:24can't shoot threes
02:25I think that's probably
02:26why they get ejected
02:28from the postseason
02:29hey Tigers
02:30can't hit
02:31why did they get ejected
02:32from the postseason
02:34all right
02:34then you look
02:35Lions
02:35and you say Lions
02:36now
02:39the Lions
02:41haven't
02:44been
02:45dormant
02:46at trade deadlines
02:47they did go out
02:49two years ago
02:50when Hutch
02:51was hurt
02:51and they
02:52we all talked about
02:53Zedaria Smith
02:54he was the top trade target
02:55we wake up on the
02:57the morning of the trade deadline
02:59and he posted
03:00cryptic message
03:01and then all of a sudden
03:02oh
03:03we get Zedaria Smith
03:05and we get him for
03:06not much
03:07we're praising Brad Holmes
03:08for doing something
03:09right
03:10but we're
03:10we're pushing two years now
03:12on impactful trade deadlines
03:13so
03:14I ask you
03:15are you excited today
03:16today as a sports fan
03:18is supposed to be exciting
03:19are you
03:19let us know if you're
03:20legitimately excited about today
03:22but I have this feeling of dread
03:23and maybe that's the camp
03:25you're in
03:25I have this feeling of dread
03:27that they're not going to do
03:28much of anything
03:29and I don't count David Perron
03:31as much of anything
03:32there's a clause
03:33where he has to even play
03:34right
03:34for them to give up
03:35the fourth round pick
03:36nothing against the guy
03:37I think he's good in the room
03:38can help on the bottom nine
03:39but that's not a big move
03:40that's not a high impact move
03:42I'm dreading
03:43the lack of that today
03:44I've become accustomed to that
03:46and I now don't look forward
03:47to trade deadlines
03:49well right
03:51so I think today
03:52is a day of
03:56measured excitement
03:57everyone is sitting there
03:59right
03:59and so
04:00maybe that answer is
04:01yeah
04:02they've all ruined
04:03the trade deadline
04:03because
04:04you
04:05as fans
04:06we want
04:07to see
04:08something exciting
04:09we want to see
04:10our team get better
04:12but because
04:13of the history
04:14really of the last
04:16two years
04:16you could say three
04:17but more the last
04:18two years
04:19where
04:20you're hoping
04:21that this is the year
04:22that they make themselves
04:23just a little bit better
04:24and then they start
04:24another playoff run
04:26year after year
04:27and it's hey
04:27this year it's a first year
04:29exit next year
04:29it's a second
04:30second round exit
04:31next year it's hey
04:33we're contending for
04:34a Stanley Cup
04:36like the progression
04:37and you're just waiting
04:38for that progression
04:39to start
04:39and it's not
04:42so everyone is
04:43measured excitement
04:44because they know
04:45what it can be
04:46right
04:46but with the history
04:48with Steve Iserman
04:50they know that
04:53it's probably
04:54not going to be
04:56but I'm not going
04:57to get after them
04:57until we know
04:58what the outcome is
05:00no I haven't judged
05:01the outcome
05:02I'm asking
05:03to take the temperature
05:04of the room
05:04this morning
05:06because that gets
05:07into expectation
05:07of what you think
05:09is going to happen
05:09today and what
05:10you're allowing
05:10yourself to dream
05:11of
05:12like I don't think
05:12Red Wing fans
05:13are dreaming of
05:14a big day today
05:15I think they're
05:16kind of resigned
05:17to what it's going
05:17to be
05:17maybe they squeeze
05:19a blue liner
05:19from somebody
05:20at the last minute
05:22but I think
05:22the expectations
05:23are low
05:24and I don't know
05:24that he does
05:24anything John
05:26candidly
05:26why would this
05:27be any different
05:27than other deadlines
05:29they're slumping
05:30a little bit
05:32the team has
05:33a minus goal
05:33differential
05:34Columbus won
05:35last night
05:35the gap's only
05:36five
05:36Iserman's not
05:37going to bend
05:37over backwards
05:38for a team
05:38that can't win
05:39a cup
05:39like I
05:40he's trained
05:41me to not
05:41be excited
05:42for today
05:42he's shown
05:43the city
05:44what his MO
05:44is
05:44I'm not going
05:45to win
05:45bidding wars
05:46screw that
05:47we're not
05:47a Stanley Cup
05:48team
05:48so why would
05:49I go in
05:49today and
05:50feel this
05:50level of
05:51like optimism
05:52and excitement
05:52and hope
05:53like they've
05:55they I'm not
05:56even just saying
05:56the wings
05:57these our
05:57teams have
05:58ruined the
05:58trade deadline
06:01what it used
06:02to be and what
06:02it's supposed
06:02to be
06:03I also think
06:04that we may
06:04be contributing
06:06to it
06:07because
06:07pointing fingers
06:08at me
06:08no no no
06:09I say we
06:10okay
06:10okay that is
06:11me and you
06:12and everyone
06:12else that works
06:13here
06:13including the
06:14media because
06:15when do we
06:15start talking
06:16about the
06:16trade deadline
06:17well before
06:18the trade
06:18deadline
06:18at the
06:20start of
06:20the season
06:21the Tigers
06:22haven't even
06:23they're not
06:24even halfway
06:25through spring
06:26training
06:27maybe they're
06:27about halfway
06:28now
06:28but what
06:29did we
06:30talk about
06:30oh you
06:31add these
06:32to this
06:33pitching staff
06:33you spend
06:34money and
06:35we'll see
06:36how it
06:36starts off
06:37we expect
06:38that it's
06:39going to be
06:39good and
06:40then at the
06:40trade deadline
06:41that's when
06:41they're going
06:41to add their
06:42bat we're
06:43talking about
06:43it before
06:44they even
06:45come north
06:46I want to
06:46defend at
06:48least myself
06:49I'll defend
06:49anybody else
06:50on the station
06:50that's brought
06:51it up
06:52when Valdez
06:53was added
06:53we had a lot
06:54of fans
06:54bitching because
06:55Valdez doesn't
06:56hit and the
06:58counter is you
06:58don't finish
06:59your team
07:00you're not a
07:00finished product
07:01in February
07:02they will have
07:03a trade deadline
07:04to address any
07:05concerns that
07:06was used as
07:06more of a
07:07hey slow
07:08your roll
07:10more of a
07:11let it play
07:12out approach
07:13I think if
07:13we go back
07:15at the start
07:16of every one
07:17of our team
07:18seasons
07:18at some point
07:20we have said
07:21they just need
07:22to be in a
07:22position of
07:23contention and
07:24then they can
07:25add at the
07:25trade deadline
07:26of course that's
07:27logical and
07:28that's what good
07:29teams do
07:29like that
07:30John no
07:31I'm gonna
07:31defend us
07:31even more
07:32we start that
07:33conversation too
07:34early and our
07:36fans are all
07:37looking at us
07:38going yeah
07:39yeah we we
07:40rev the engine
07:41okay and then
07:42all of a
07:43sudden it
07:44gets stuttered
07:45and stopped
07:46at the trade
07:47deadline and
07:48and I'm gonna
07:49defend it more
07:50this is what
07:51it's supposed to
07:52be though
07:52like you're
07:54like punishing
07:56us for doing
07:57the normal
07:57thing when
07:58teams are good
07:59and they go to
07:59the deadline
08:00they add so
08:01that becomes
08:02what we thought
08:02would happen
08:03when our teams
08:03got good when
08:04they all
08:05collectively
08:05rebuilt at the
08:06same time we
08:06weren't revving
08:07up the deadline
08:07the teams got
08:08better we got
08:09excited our team
08:11slapped us in the
08:11face and now
08:12we don't get
08:13anything and
08:13we're supposed
08:14to just get
08:14used to it
08:18there I think
08:19there's an
08:19appropriate time
08:20to start talking
08:22about the trade
08:23deadline and
08:24all I'm saying
08:25is I think we
08:26rev that engine
08:28earlier because
08:29and part of it
08:30is because none
08:32of our GMs have
08:33really done
08:34anything and I
08:35do not want to
08:36go away from
08:37Brad Holmes did
08:38one move
08:39now it's only
08:41one in five
08:42years but it
08:43was at a time
08:44where they
08:45needed it and
08:46he got the
08:47guy that
08:47everybody had
08:48identified now
08:50he's no longer
08:51with the team
08:51he ended up
08:53retiring mid
08:54season with
08:54Philly last
08:55year so the
08:57impact wasn't
08:58necessarily felt
09:00the result wasn't
09:02what we all had
09:03expected or wanted
09:04right that was
09:05probably the last
09:05deadline day though
09:06that you left
09:07feeling satisfied
09:08as a Detroit
09:09sports fan and
09:10that was when
09:122024 right it
09:13was to two trade
09:14deadlines ago so
09:15and again the
09:16Lions have had one
09:17trade deadline
09:17since the Tigers
09:19have had a trade
09:19deadline since the
09:20Wings and Pistons
09:21have had a trade
09:22deadline since two
09:25in the case of the
09:25Pistons and this
09:26will be two in the
09:27case of the Red
09:28Wings so so who
09:29was the little guard
09:30that the the
09:30Pistons I'm
09:31drawing out a
09:31Schroeder that
09:33ended up being a
09:34really nice acquisition
09:35it wasn't exciting
09:36nobody you know
09:37lit their hair on
09:38fire that's my
09:38point is trade
09:39deadline days on
09:40paper are often
09:41exciting days for
09:42fans in sports and
09:44we have been left
09:45out of that so I
09:47ask if our teams
09:48have ruined the
09:49deadline for you
09:49and just be honest
09:51with us if today's
09:52an exciting day for
09:52you because you're
09:53you want to know
09:54what Elliot Friedman
09:55is going to say
09:55about the Wings
09:56Darren Drager
09:57what's what's
09:58being cooked up
09:59by Steve you're
09:59refreshing your
10:00social media if
10:01you're excited about
10:01today great or if
10:02you're met with
10:03the dread let us
10:04know about that
10:04too it's 97 one
10:06and I'm going to say to you
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